Brined Pork Chops

Name: Brined Pork Chops
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chicken broth; 118 milliliters dry Riesling; 6 garlic cloves, smashed with side of a large knife; 59 milliliters kosher salt; 59 milliliters mustard seeds; 4 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Tbsps pickling spices; 9 inches thick) rib pork chops; 59 milliliters sugar; 2 quarts water

Brined Pork Chops is Head to the store and pick up qt water, riesling, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Bring water to a boil with kosher salt, mustard seeds, sugar, pickling spices, and garlic and simmer 15 minutes. Cool brine completely, then add chops and chill, covered, 1 to 2 days.

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Pickling Spices

Mustard Seeds

Kosher Salt

Garlic

Brine

Sugar

Water

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Remove chops from brine and pat dry.

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Brine

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chops in batches, without crowding, turning once, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. (

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add oil 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time as needed between batches.)

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Cooking Oil

Transfer chops to a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally 2 inches into center of meat (do not touch bone) registers 155°F, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Bone

Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Transfer chops to a platter and let stand, loosely covered, 5 minutes before serving (do not clean pan).

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Frying Pan

Straddle pan across 2 burners and add any meat juices from platter along with wine and broth and deglaze by boiling over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until reduced to about 1/2 cup, about 4 minutes. Season pan juices with salt and pepper and serve with chops.

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Salt And Pepper

Broth

Meat

Wine

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Frying Pan

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Servings:

118milliliters

chicken broth 118milliliters

dry Riesling 6

garlic cloves, smashed with side of a large knife 59milliliters

kosher salt 59milliliters

mustard seeds 4Tbsps

olive oil 2Tbsps

pickling spices 9inches

thick) rib pork chops 59milliliters

sugar 2quarts

water

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling

Pork Chops on the menu? Try pairing with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling. Chardonnay suits simple chops or chops in a butter or cream sauce, dry riesling complements sweet additions like honey mustard or apples, and pinot noir is a safe bet for pork dishes in general. You could try Hindsight Wines Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 26 dollars per bottle.